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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

After the craziness that erupted on Sunday's episode of "Real Housewives Of Atlanta" with Sheree and Marlo getting into a heated argument in South Africa of all places mind you and Sheree accused Marlo of sleeping with an 80 yr old white man to get her money. Anywho, folks are now saying Jane Fonda's ex-hubby billionaire Ted Turner(founder of CNN, TBS etc) is or was Marlo's sugar daddy. Btw.. Ted is 73, currently not married, lives in Atlanta, worth 2.1 billion!

[There was an episode this season where Marlo was with a very close circle of friends that included Ted Turner's daughter at a charity party in which she invited NeNe.]

Deets Below:

For the longest time everyone has wondered how Marlo Hampton, of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” lives the lavish lifestyle she portrays. Until last week, no one had no clue as to where her funds came from. That was, until…cast-mate, Sheree, made a claim that Marlo sleeps with an 80-year-old white man to get money!According to a source:“Ted Turner was Marlo’s sugar daddy. My understanding is that Marlo is one of the reasons why Jane Fonda divorced Ted Turner.Ted Turner is the “sponsor” who financed the The Red Carpet Boutique Marlo had at the Perimeter mall in ATL.

Facebook prepares to go public. Will you be adding FB to your financial portfolio? Deets below on the upcoming "event":

Via The Washington Post:

Facebook’s rumored to be filing its paperwork for its initial public offering Wednesday and is reportedly trying to raise $10 billion, which would give it a valuation of $100 billion. How do these numbers match up?

Historically speaking, if Facebook has raised that much for its initial public offering, it would:

— be the sixth-largest U.S. IPO ever, sliding between AT&T Wireless and Kraft Foods.

— be the 15th-largest IPO in global history, behind Glencore International and ahead of Japan Tobacco.

— have an initial public offering more than six times that of Google. Google currently holds the record for the largest technology IPO, according to Renaissance Capital, of $1.66 billion.

— come in with more hype than other technology companies, thanks to a per-share valuation that at least one investment firm predicts will open “north of $100,” Forbes reports. For example, when Apple went public Dec. 12, 1980, it was priced at $22 per share, climbing to $29 by the end of the trading day, according to Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple made less than $100 million by selling stock to the public. Google, according to archives from The Washington Post, was valued at $85 per share, surging to over $100 a share by the end of the day for a market capitalization of $27.2 billion.

— have a market capitalization larger than Disney ($70 billion) or General Motors ($38 billion), if reports that its market cap is expected to be between $75 billion and $100 billion ring true. Compared with its technology peers, however, its market cap would be on the low end of the list, as compared with Google ($187 billion), Microsoft ($248 billion) or, of course, Apple ($422.47 billion). It would, however, outstrip Amazon, which has a current market capitalization of about $87 billion.

The hype is certainly there for Facebook’s IPO,but the question that will dog its heels is whether or not it can buck the trend that’s plagued other technology IPOs in the past few months — whether it can debut strong and keep up the momentum. Although almost a third of all initial public offerings in the past 12 months have been in the technology sector, prominent debuts from Groupon, Zynga, LinkedIn and Pandora have all fizzled quickly.

Zynga, for example, opened at $10 per share and closed at $9.50. The stock has recovered since then, closing Monday at $10.39, but has hardly been the breakaway success that many had hoped for. Similarly, LinkedIn, which skyrocketed from an opening share price of $45 to a first-day close of $94.25, has settled back down to Earth at about $75 per share.

[update] - Nicole Scherzinger claims she "quit" the show to focus on her music career. Sorry I find it hard to believe she just "quit" and Paula was "fired". Nicole knew she was about to be "fired" and for public image, wanted to make it seem as though she "quit". IMO

News breaking that Paula, Nicole and Steve have all been let go from "The X Factor USA". It's understandable that Steve even Nicole would be fired, but for the show to get rid of Paula Abdul after Simon begged her to be on the show and she still had a huge fan base who was brought over from "American Idol", is just foul! After Simon's reaction when Paula left "American Idol", it's shocking that HE would fire her.

Just cray! Simon ain't right in the least. Hell still waiting on the Mariah Carey appearance he dang near mentioned in every interview last season and she NEVER appeared. Get your ish together Simon!!!! FOUL!!!!

Now the only way to save this, Simon better bring BIG NAMES on as judges. Get Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston on the panel. Then and only then can this be understandable!

Btw... Steve needed to go!!!

Via Rolling Stone:

Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones have all been axed from the American version of Simon Cowell's hit singing competition The X Factor. The decision to fire two judges and the show's host was made at a meeting involving Cowell and his creative team in the United Kingdom, in which the group went over what they believe went right and wrong with the show's first season in the United States.

According to reports from a source close to the show, Abdul's role was deemed "irrelevant to the mix," particularly as the contestants she mentored were all picked off early in the competition. There was no explanation for why Scherzinger and Jones were dismissed, though the source noted that Cowell wanted to bring in bigger names for the second season. As it stands, L.A. Reid, the fourth judge on Cowell's panel, appears to be staying with the program.

Monday, January 30, 2012

You see it time and time again. The media's obsession with always broadcasting Black professional athletes and their girlfriends, baby mamas, mistresses and wives who happen to be of a different race. Particularly when their significant other happens to be white.

The images below are what you generally see in the media constantly....

Tiger Woods and well any of his girlfriends. Pic of Tiger and ex-wife Elin.

Michael Jordan and his fiance

Michael Strahan and his ex-wife. Michael is now with Eddie Murphy's ex-wife, they have been together for years. Nicole Murphy is black

Before I go further let me reiterate, I have nothing against interracial relationships, I'm simply pointing out the stark contrast the media has when reporting these type of relationships.

The media will have you believe that black athletes, hell black men in general don't marry or date black women. That is simply not the case. The majority of black men and black athletes date and/or are married to black or biracial women.

In the very near future, I will be doing a "Special Edition" post on Black Celebrity Couples, since yet again it's not shown that much in prominent media unless it's Will & Jada Smith or Jay Z and Beyonce. Only a few make it to mainstream media and even they have a difficult time making it on the cover of mainstream magazines. But that's another topic to be discussed at a later time.

Back to the subject at hand....

Since mainstream media refuses to shed light on White professional athletes who have dated black women in the past or are currently dating and/or married to a sista now, The Chocolate Chick will spill the tea on the subject.

[Disclaimer: The athletes mentioned are white or Non-Black. Due to the fact that relationships end at any given moment and the media is not really forthcoming with break-up/make-ups with these type of couples, I can only point out that the following couples were indeed together at one point, some are still together, some are not... hence the title "Date or Dated"]

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo became the most expensive player in football history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer deal worth $94 million. In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is paid $12 million per year, makes him one of the highest-paid football player in the world,and his buyout clause is valued at $1 billion dollars.

Now while the "media" reports he's currently dating Russian model Irina Shayk, and that seems to be the case, even stating other non-black women he's dated. They fail to mention the black women he's dated. What's even more interesting is the fact that he has a son who was born in July of 2010, he has custody of the child and the media in Spain has actually gone on a "witch hunt" to find the mother of the child, who they believe is biracial, yet they neglect to mention his previous black girlfriends. The fact that vultures are trying to locate the birth mother regardless of her race is vile. That is not their business. Anywho pics below...

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Cristiano also had a one night stand with Kim K right after her second breakup with Reggie Bush. Now even though it was a one night stand. The media went cray.

Nick Collison

Nick currently is a power forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder and is married to Robbie Harriford, they have a baby girl name Emma.

Dirk Nowitzki

A German professional basketball player who plays for the Dallas Mavericks. Dirk is known to like Chocolate.

Dirk and ex-fiance Cristal Taylor, now this was in the news because Cristal was arrested on theft charges. Alrighty then.

Dirk and Current girlfriend Jessica Olsson

Steve Nash

Professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns.

Steve Nash and his current girlfriend Brittany Richardson

Brian Urlacher

A linebacker for the Chicago Bears. Though he was married, he had a "affair" with a black woman supposedly when he and his wife were "separated" yet his wife was pregnant. After a brief reconciliation with his wife, they later split again. During this time, his "affair" resulted in a child. Posting this story only for content. No love story here, but you get the point.

Todd Herremans

An offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Todd and model Aminat Ayinde

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Kurt Angle

An American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is recognized as a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion. He is also known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/E).

Kurt and Trenesha Biggers dated, the relationship did not end well. In 2009 she accused Kurt of assaulting her, but reported it nine days after the incident. Kurt was arrested and claimed he did not assault her. Again, posting for content.

Boris Becker

Boris and current wife Lilly

A former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17.

Boris Becker's first wife Barbara was black, as well as his current wife Lilly. Btw, In 2001 Barbara got $14.4 million and a condo in her divorce settlement even though a pre-nup was initially signed for a supposed $2.5 million cash payment.

Boris Becker and his ex-wife Barbara with their kids

Pic of Boris with his older kids and current wife

Hank Kuehne

A former pro golfer, and longtime boyfriend of tennis pro Venus Williams. The two have been together since 2007.

The list goes on and on.... and of course the media will continue to be "blind" as a bat and turn their back on these couples. However black blogs and black media have always been fair in portraying the right balance... and that will never change.

Now for a little fun.... Strictly RUMOR - Going back years ago I have always wondered if tennis pros Serena Williams and Andy Roddick ever "hooked up". They are and remain very good friends. (Andy is now married). I'm talking the late 90's, 2000's period.

Andy dated actress Mandy Moore for awhile and we know he likes chocolate because after that breakup he gave an interview where he revealed who his crush was. Article below:

MANDY MOORE's ex-boyfriend ANDY RODDICK has his eye on a new woman since becoming single - actress GABRIELLE UNION.

The tennis ace and Moore quietly went their separate ways earlier this year (04) and Roddick was later linked to model LAUREN BEDFORD.
And Roddick has no problem confessing happily married BAD BOYS II beauty Union ranks among his list of ideal women.

He says, "I have this thing for Gabrielle Union. She is so hot."
But the hunky sportsman admits he'd have to brush up on his charm skills before he could lure the likes of Union.

He adds, "I need a complete f***ing overhaul! I'm not good at approaching. I don't think I could ever go to a singles bar and pick someone up.
"I'm not good at the phone. I just can't stay on for an hour and talk about nothing. There's only so much you did in a day."

Ok, so then the pics of the two of them together throughout the years were like okay if this was the other way around and Serena was a "white" tennis pro in the pics, you better believe the "media" would have been all over that possible "hookup" story. IJS. Anywho, a few of their pics thru the years!

Shia Labeouf dated ex Cheetah Girl group member and actress Kiely Williams in 2003 for 2 years. Kiely claims she dumped him. Shia also dated Rihanna very briefly before she began her relationship with Chris Brown.